Water wheel



Dec. 118, 1923. I 1,4775% W. HACKETT WATER WHEEL Filed July 26 1922 V INVENT'OR WILL/AM HACKETT' ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 18, 11923.

- mama wILLI' naoxnrr, or roar ALBERNI, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

WATER WHEEL.

Application filed 11115 26, 1922- Serial Nb. 5775683.

My invention relates to improvements in water wheels and the object of the invention is to devise a wheel of this type which will produce a maximum amount'of power from thewater utilized, to so construct the. device to prevent the Water roping effect around" the periphery of the wheels an'd' to so con-- struct the device that it will notbe liable to injury due to'stones and other foreign substancesbeing carried thereinto by'the water flow and it consists essentially of an en closed casing having portopenings'in the opposingflwalls and an inlet opening in one" of the remaining walls a shaft extending through the walls of the casing havingthe port openings, a' tubular cover for the'shaft, right and left hand water wheels mounted uponthe' shaft at each side of the casing and means for controlling" the discharge ofwater through the port/openings against the blades of the Water wheels as hereinafter more particularly described.

Fig; 1 is a perspective view of my device, the tail race coverbeing removed, its position being indicated by dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is' a side view of one of the water wheels employed in my device.

Fig. 8 is an edgewise elevation of the Water-"wheel illustrated ilrFig. 2.

= Fig. 4 is face view of one port controlling ring and coacting'parts. Y

" Fig. 5 is a sectional View through the parts shown inFig. 4.

In the'drawings like characters of refer' ence indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 indicates a main casing, 2 beingthe'top wall; ii -"the side wall provided with port apertures 9, 4 the'imperforat'ed front wall and 5 the back wall. 7 are orificesformed'in the sidewalls 3' in the centre thereof (see Figs. 4 and 5). 8" is an annular member angular in cross section located at the inside of each side wall around the opening 7. The apertures or port openings 9 are: arranged concentrically 6 is the'bottom wall.

around the orifices 7- to the outside" of the annular members 8. These: port openlngs are-preferably rectangular in: form and d1sposed radially to the centre of the orifices 7 I0 isthe' feed water supply pipe which extends through the top wall of the'casing 1.

11'. are stufling boxes secured in orificesa l1 formed in the top: wall 2 adjacent to" the side walls 3 and in proximity tort'he" front and back walls 4 and 5. 12 are brackets located at each side of the casingrand secured to the top wall 2 centrally thereof between the stuffing boxes 11 13 are'pivots carriedby the brackets 1-2; 14 is a port ring which is mounted upon the annular member '8 so as to be turnabler thereon. The port ring 14 is provided with p'ort openings 16 which may be'carried' circumferen-- tially in and out of alignment with t -he port' openings 9. 15 are lugs extending from' thc port rings at diametrically opposite points;- 17 and' l8'are control rods slidable vertically within the stufiing' boxes 11 and connected at their lower ends to thelugs L5 o'f 'the' port rings 14 located at each 'side of the ca'si ng l. The control rods 18 are" connected to; the lugs 15'by pins'or bolts I9;- 20am forked upper endsto the control: rods l'7 and 18. 21 is the controlling? leverfwhich: isbifurcatedas at 22', the arms- 2 3 of"which are pivoted upon the j ournal pivots 1 3: are pro vided with longitudinalslots through which ins carried by the forked upper ends-20'of the control rods extend.

It will be understood that the: pivot 13 is located equidistant between each pair of control rods l 'l' and 18; 24 isa' cylindrical member extending across the casing. and fitting at itsends-within the: annular members 8. The ends of the'cylindrical-member 24 bear against the sidewall of the-casing around the'openings 7 andthereby'senveto reinforce such sidewalls and also to prote'ct the driving shaft hereinafter'deserihed.

25 are bearing-members locatedfat 'eac'h side of the casing: 1 at a suitable distance therefrom in which is journalled a driving shaft 26 which extends: centrally through the opening 7 and through. the'c ylindrical member 24. 27" are right and left hand water wheelsmounted upon thei'shaft 26 at each. side of the casing: and; provided with elongated buckets 29 fattache'ds around drical in section.

the outer periphery of the body 28 of the wheel and are substantially semi-cylin- The buckets or blades 29 are I set at an angle preferably at forty-five degrees and'have their inner ends bevelled so as to fit against the face of the casing 1. The angle at which the vanes are set of course will depend upon the varying head and water conditions encountered 31 indicates a pair of tail race covers which are indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 and serve to divert the spent water from the chine int-othetail race.

" Having described the principal part in'- volved in my invention I will now briefly describe the operation of the same.

The water supply from which power is to be derived is fed to my device in the usual manner entering the casing through the supply pipe 10 which as Will be readily seen is at rightanglesto the direction of flow through the water wheels 27. The water passing into the casing flows in opposite directions to l the port openings 16 and 9-at each side of the casing and impinges upon the blades of the water wheels 27 so as to revolve the same and drive the shaft 26.

. In order to control the flow of -water i through the port openings the lever 21 is I bottom of the casing and will therefore not pass to the port openings and clog the same or: tend to break thevbuckets of the water wheels.v The'discharge of waterfrom the vanes is effected on the opposite side of the impact thereon so that the tendency of wa ter ropingaround the periphery of the vanes is overcome. The spent water passes down ward through suitable tailing covers and tail races. a What I claim as my invention is: v

1. A waterv ,Wheel device comprising a main shaft, a casing through which the main shaft. extends I having p'ort openings in the opposing walls arranged concentrically to I the main shaft, port rings 'turnably mounted within the casing having port openings adaptedito be carried in and out of a registering position with the port openings of the casing, manual means for simultaneously adjusting the sport rings at each side of the casing, and water wheels mounted upon'the main shaft'exteriorly 0f the casing at each side thereofand provided withbuckets set in right and left angular positions on the periphery against which the water is adaptedto be. directed from the port openings at each side of the casing transversely in the thereof arranged concentrically with the 1 main shaft, a Water wheel mounted upon the main shaft on the outside of the casing and having angularly set buckets secured to its periphery against which the water from the port openings is directed in a transverse direction, a port ring turnably mounted within the casing so that its port openings may be carried into and out of a registering position with the port openings ofthe casing, and manual means located exteriorly of the casing, for regulating the position of the port rings in relation to the port openings of the casing. i 3. A water wheel device comprising a main shaft, a casing adapted to receive the water flow and through which the main shaft extends and provided with port openings in opposing walls thereof arranged concentrically of themain shaft, an annular ring secured to the casing at each side thereof, a

cylindrical member fitting at its ends withinthe opposing rings, a portring-turnably mounted upon each ofthe aforesaid rings and having port openings coacting with the port openings of the casing, water wheels mounted upon the shaft exteriorly of the casing and provided with right and left an gularly set buckets against-which the water from the port openings is discharged transversely, and manual means for controlling the position of the port'rings from the ex ter-ior of the casing.

4. A water wheel device comprising a main shaft, a casing through which the main shaft extends having -.port openings jarranged concentrically in the opposing walls thereof, bucket wheels" adapted to receive the water flow from the port'openings, a port ring turnably mounted at each sideof the casing and having port openings coacting with the port openings of theecasing, vertically movable rods guided vertically within a wall of the casing and pivotally connected at their lower ends to the port rings at diametrically opposite points, 'a lever pivotally mounted upon the casingover the centre of the port rings and with which the control rods engage at each side of the main shaft. 1 s

.5. A water wheel structure comprising a v casing having openings formed in o-pposite" wall portions thereof and aiseries of outlet ports spaced around each of said openings, a hollow sleeve extending between and connecting said 'open'ing, a porteddisk rotat ably mounted at each end of said sleeve for covering and uncovering the adjacent series of ports, a single lever connected to both of 1,477,558 are said disks to actuate the same, a shaft ex- Dated at Vancouver, B. (3., this 17 day of tending through said cylindrical sleeve, July, 1922. bearings supporting said shaft and a pair of Water wheel fixed to the shaft, each of s WILLIAM HACKETT 5 said Water wheels being disposed in proxim- WVitnesses:

ity to the ports formed in the adjacent Wall J. J. JOHNSTON,

of the casing. Emmsur E. CARVER. 

